Avast to buy AVG in $1.3B antivirus acquisition

[nlinecomputers]

http://www.cnet.com/news/avast-to-b...uisition/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0b&linkId=26299418

Umm....Ok Now.

 

[seedubya]

Wow! Who know there was that kind of money in either company.

 

[nlinecomputers]

Wow! Who know there was that kind of money in either company.

I'm betting there isn't. Likely the same venture capitalists own stakes in both companies and are having trouble getting paid off.

 

[ComputerRepairTech]

Seems like an odd deal, I wonder if they are trying to secure their position in the mobile av market with this purchase.

 

[BlackLabTechs]

I see it as buying customers and easy entry into the "MSP" model.

 

[jbartlett323]

Well, at least its going the right direction. If AVG had been buying Avast, I would have been severely disappointed.

 

[cypress]

Well, at least its going the right direction. If AVG had been buying Avast, I would have been severely disappointed.

Lol I agree.

 

[Digital Micro]

Avast will have to change their name to AVG once they realize they can't get AVG to uninstall.

 

[jbartlett323]

Avast will have to change their name to AVG once they realize they can't get AVG to uninstall.

Nah, they will just flag it as a virus and remove it that way

 

[Altster]

Avast will have to change their name to AVG once they realize they can't get AVG to uninstall.

..or use the AVG un-installer software tool to get rid of it!

 

[frase]

I've had that cause more problems than it ever worked.

used it gain today no issues

 

[nlinecomputers]

I've had that cause more problems than it ever worked.

It's hard to blame the remover for that. If you are having problems uninstalling it is likely you have corruption, to begin with. Hardly AVG's fault.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Reminds me of back years ago, when the two bottom hard drive brands did a deal, Maxtor bought Quantum. Didn't bother me, as I stayed far away from both of them. Although yeah, Avast isn't "bad".

But I was saddened when Seagate (back then they were great) bought up Maxtor.

 

[TechPJC]

Avast will have to change their name to AVG once they realize they can't get AVG to uninstall.

 

[johnrobert]

Could never understand a company buying an other that produces the same thing.
Give me Avast over crappy AVG

Like when HP paid 20 billion to buy Compaq

 

[nlinecomputers]

Could never understand a company buying an other that produces the same thing.
Give me Avast over crappy AVG

Like when HP paid 20 billion to buy Compaq

It makes perfect sense. They buy the competitors customers and double or more the income while being able to run the company on the much the same infrastructure. Anything duplicated will be laid off. Plus Avast gets it's hands on Level Platforms. It also wouldn't surprise me a bit if both companies have some of the same VC backing them. They can consolidate assets and trim debt. Same thing happened with GFI/MaxFocus and SolarWinds/N-Able.

 

[fencepost]

There's also a question of underlying technologies, etc. - I believe that one of the things you get with AVs is that there are far more vendors than there are engines and definitions. For example, Emsisoft uses Bitdefender's definitions (and engine?) behind the scenes for its antivirus, though from their website they also have a separate antimalware component that I'm not sure of the background of.

Do Avast and AVG use the same engine? Separate engines that they each own? Separate engines licensed from different sources? If they have separate engines that each one owns, then they may be able to improve one product with "Incorporates XYZ technology" from the other.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Could never understand a company buying an other that produces the same thing.
Give me Avast over crappy AVG

Like when HP paid 20 billion to buy Compaq

HP buying Compaq solidified HPs presence in the business computer market. Many people think Compaq was just those crappy home computers (Presarios). However, their huge market was Prolinea and DeskPro workstations, and Proliant servers. HP had their Vectra business line of computers...but they weren't huge in the market. Most big business/enterprise ran on Compaq business hardware back then..and they were great products. As well as Compaqs "Armada" lineup of business laptops.

 

[GTP]

Q: What do two "crappy" companies, AVG and Avast! joined together equal?
A: One bigger "crappy" company!

 

[GTP]

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